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===Iran Nuclear Deal ===
In 2017 aides to U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] had contracted with Black Cube in order to undermine the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action|Iran Nuclear Deal]] by discrediting former [[Obama administration]] officials [[Colin Kahl]] and [[Ben Rhodes (White House staffer)|Ben Rhodes]]. They looked for evidence of unsubstantiated and false claims that Kahl and Rhodes were being enriched by Iran lobbyists and that they were cheating on their spouses.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Reports: Intel Firm Was Hired To Discredit Former Obama Iran Deal Negotiators |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/07/609157901/reports-intel-firm-was-hired-to-discredit-former-obama-iran-deal-negotiators |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618115334/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/07/609157901/reports-intel-firm-was-hired-to-discredit-former-obama-iran-deal-negotiators |archive-date=18 June 2021 |access-date=May 26, 2018 |work=NPR.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Haaretz |date=May 6, 2018 |title=Obama Official Reveals How 'Israeli Intel Firm Hired by Team Trump' Spied on His Family Over Iran Deal |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/obama-official-reveals-how-firm-hired-by-trump-aides-spied-on-him-1.6055838 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915001117/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/obama-official-reveals-how-firm-hired-by-trump-aides-spied-on-him-1.6055838 |archive-date=15 September 2021 |access-date=May 26, 2018 |work=Haaretz |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Israeli Operatives Who Aided Harvey Weinstein Collected Information on Former Obama Administration Officials |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/israeli-operatives-who-aided-harvey-weinstein-collected-information-on-former-obama-administration-officials |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915001038/https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/israeli-operatives-who-aided-harvey-weinstein-collected-information-on-former-obama-administration-officials |archive-date=15 September 2021 |access-date=May 26, 2018 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Obama official suspects his wife was targeted by Trump team smear attempt |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/obama-official-suspects-his-wife-targeted-by-trump-team-smear-attempt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430083216/https://www.timesofisrael.com/obama-official-suspects-his-wife-targeted-by-trump-team-smear-attempt/ |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=May 26, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Former Obama official: Israeli spy agency Black Cube targeted me |url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Former-Obama-official-Colin-Kahl-Black-Cube-targeted-me-553658 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430115221/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/former-obama-official-colin-kahl-black-cube-targeted-me-553658 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=May 26, 2018 |work=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref> The goal was to seek damaging information about former Obama administration officials and help the Trump administration undermine the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action|Iran nuclear deal]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Farrow |first=Ronan |date=6 May 2018 |title=Israeli Operatives Who Aided Harvey Weinstein Collected Information on Former Obama Administration Officials |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/israeli-operatives-that-aided-harvey-weinstein-collected-information-on-former-obama-administration-officials |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507062354/https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/israeli-operatives-that-aided-harvey-weinstein-collected-information-on-former-obama-administration-officials |archive-date=7 May 2018 |access-date=7 May 2018 |work=The New Yorkers |language=en}}</ref> Black Cube claimed in response that it had no relation to the Trump administration, to Trump aides, or to the Iran nuclear deal.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tibon |first=Amir |date=7 May 2018 |title=More Details on Israeli Spy Firm Black Cube's 'Ops Against ex-Obama Officials' Revealed |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/more-details-on-israeli-spy-firm-ops-against-ex-obama-aides-revealed-1.6061080 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915001041/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/more-details-on-israeli-spy-firm-ops-against-ex-obama-aides-revealed-1.6061080 |archive-date=15 September 2021 |access-date=7 May 2018 |work=Haaretz |language=en}}</ref> In August 2018, ''[[The New Yorker]]'' connected Black Cube's research to a memo circulated in the Trump White House in early 2017 alleging former Obama officials 'conspired with reporters' "to undermine President Trump's foreign policy" in hopes of saving [[Obamacare]] and the Iran nuclear deal.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Entous |first1=Adam |last2=Farrow |first2=Ronan |date=23 August 2018 |title=The Conspiracy Memo About Obama Aides That Circulated in the Trump White House |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-conspiracy-memo-aimed-at-obama-aides-that-circulated-in-the-trump-white-house |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915001035/https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-conspiracy-memo-aimed-at-obama-aides-that-circulated-in-the-trump-white-house |archive-date=15 September 2021 |access-date=24 August 2018 |magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref> In October 2018, [[Haaretz]] newspaper revealed<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Levinson |first1=Chaim |last2=Shezaf |first2=Hagar |date=2018-10-26 |title=$6 Billion of Iranian Money: Why Israeli Firm Black Cube Really Went After Obama's Team |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-6-billion-of-iranian-money-why-israeli-firm-black-cube-went-after-obama-s-team-1.6593965 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915001043/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-6-billion-of-iranian-money-why-israeli-firm-black-cube-went-after-obama-s-team-1.6593965 |archive-date=15 September 2021 |access-date=2019-01-28 |work=Haaretz |language=en}}</ref> that Black Cube's activities were aimed at tracking transfers of Iranian funds and assets in order to seize them, following US court rulings against Iran in favor of victims of terror attacks. Furthermore, it was published that the goal of the intelligence gathering was tracing unknown Iranian assets and revealing Obama's administration collaboration with Iran, in violation of US or international law, in order to find other possible parties to sue such as banks.<ref>{{
===Project Maple Tree - Project Camouflage ===
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